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Recent Examples of discounter
Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying.
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Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter.
—Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Rival discounter Frontier Airlines of Denver, a perennial suitor, has fallen short of reaching a deal on multiple occasions.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The discounter is being impacted by both macro issues and its own internal merchandising issues.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter.
—Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Rival discounter Frontier Airlines of Denver, a perennial suitor, has fallen short of reaching a deal on multiple occasions.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The discounter is being impacted by both macro issues and its own internal merchandising issues.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discounter
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The retailer argued that O’Neill combines deep brand expertise with operational discipline and pointed to her role in building Nike’s women’s division into a multibillion-dollar business.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But some of the retailers that ultimately replaced the general store have some features in common with their main street predecessors.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Mazari spent the day filling orders and running back and forth between a wholesaler to buy more product.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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The licensed apparel wholesaler announced the appointment of Sonia Mendez as vice president of import production, while former SVP Kyle Carroll was named senior vice president of sourcing and import production.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Then the country’s primary distributor of print books to public libraries went bankrupt after nearly 200 years, dissolving early this year.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Rather than relying on traditional advertising or mainstream media coverage — often lacking for the films and subjects the distributor wants to highlight, Watermelon deploys WhatsApp groups, local community leaders and social media influencers to drive audiences to cinemas.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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That includes face-value pricing for games, where the more enticing games are more expensive, and FIFA’s official secondary market, which takes a 15% fee from the seller and a 15% fee on the buyer.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
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The expansion will also enable more than 16,000 farmers to take their produce directly to customers through sellers on the online marketplace.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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The secondhand online reseller also tapped celebrity stylist Harry Lambert to give insights into the season from his work across the worlds of music and red carpet styling.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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With the first round of the 2026 PGA Championship getting underway today at Aronimink Golf Club, reseller websites are asking a pretty penny for a parking spot.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest garment exporter after China, earns about $39 billion annually from the sector, which employs around 4 million workers, mostly women from rural areas.—
Julhas Alam,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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The surging of fertilizer prices and meteorologists warning of weak rainfall in an El Niño year is a concern for the world’s largest rice exporter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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“Discounter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discounter. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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